It is official. The Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip has been canceled after being given numerous chances by NBC to shine, something which it always failed to do. So for those three fans that are still out there, Studio 60 will not be back in the fall.
Natalie Cole will be stopping by Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip when she performs for Matt & Harriet… and the song was recorded specifically for the show! And downloads of the show support a good cause too.
The Grammy-winning singer’s new version of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David classic, “Say a Little Prayer,” was created through the SaveMyLive.org charitable organization, Cole’s recording label said. Once the Web site officially launches, visitors can download the song to donate money to the organization, which targets AIDS in Africa.
“Not only was it an amazing experience getting to work with a group of such talented actors,” said Cole, “I like knowing that the recording for ‘Say a Little Prayer’ will be benefiting a charity that has become close to my heart.”
The episode is set to air on Monday, February 5th.
Somehow, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, also known as the series that refuses to die, has somehow managed to pull off a pickup for the entire first season. However, it decides a major part of the decision was the fact Warner Brothers dropped their licensing fee for the back 9 episodes.
After days of speculation, NBC has ordered a full season’s worth of episodes for “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” the critically praised drama whose poor ratings placed it on the brink of cancellation.
Sources said NBC will pay the show’s producer, Warner Bros. Television, a lower license fee for the nine additional episodes than they negotiated for the initial 13 episodes, which was said to be in the range of $2.5 million-$3 million per episode.
NBC and Warner Bros. TV declined comment. “Studio 60,” from “West Wing” mastermind Aaron Sorkin, is set behind the scenes of a late-night sketch comedy show. It stars Matthew Perry, Bradley Whitford and Amanda Peet.
Airing behind the breakout new hit of the season, “Heroes,” “Studio 60″ got off to a promising start, but the ratings quickly fell. This week, the series averaged 7.7 million viewers overall and finished third in the hour.
No word yet if Studio 60 will remain at one of its two former time slots, or if NBC will try the series at yet another time slot to see if it can find its best spot in the timeslot lineup.
Despite very persistent rumors that the star studded Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip would be cancelled, NBC has nonetheless ordered up three more scripts of the lukewarm series. So far, NBC has only ordered a full season for the breakout hit Heroes, but Studio 60 hasn’t been faring very well in the ratings, although it has received critical acclaim.
When newlywed Amanda Peet announced her pregnancy, there was rumors and speculation about how it would affect her Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip character, who is infamously single. And while she has no love interest on the show, the producers plan to write the pregnancy into the show, rather than going the “hiding behind plants and big purses” route.
E! News said this week that there has been no love interest for Peet’s character, network President Jordan McDeere, written into the script as of yet. The most likely single male in the cast thus far is Danny Tripp, who is played by Bradley Whitford.
Whitford said he has experience as a real father and could certainly play one on television. Off the set, Peet married David Benoiff in late September.
Be interesting to see who the father is on the show. I hope they make it the least likely choice to just totally shake things up there. Or better yet, get a really hot guest star as the father during the November sweeps, which might give the ratings a boost, which have definitely been sagging much to NBC’s disappointment.
Everyone’s favorite blonde ditz will appear on a November sweeps episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. And in case you don’t know who reigns as blonde ditz, that would be Jessica Simpson. She will be their musical guest and guest star in a role written exclusively for her.
I can’t wait to see the material they come up with, and if they play of the evidently true-to-life dumb blonde behavior seen in her Newlyweds reality tv show with then-husband Nick Lachey.
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